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A plea or a gripe-depends where you are

Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 11:50 am

Norma26 posts in thread

This is a plea which may well sound inconsequential or not worth bothering about and may well bring down the wrath of God on my head but..........

To everyone who designs/makes-up/is responsible for Posters

Please. Please PLEASE include the year of production in your designs.

Now this may sound obvious/trite/not worth bothering about BUT I do assure you that in time to come when some poor soul is trying to make sense of the archives (which are usually in a mess when some brave person decides to get them in some kind of order) it saves much frustration and hair-pulling out.

And this is where I get myself into more trouble- the design is not as important as the basic information-WHAT-WHERE-WHEN-HOW MUCH-WHERE DO I GET TICKETS

OK off my soap-box

Agreed!

Tue, 14 Oct 2008, 11:30 am

Walter Plinge

I try to put the year onto any poster I design - when I remember, of course. It's very helpful, as you point out, some time down the line. GRADS' A Laughing Matter, for example, has 24-25 Oct, 29 Oct-1 Nov and 5-8 Nov 2008 on the poster. (Cue plug to come and see A Laughing Matter - it's one of the best scripts of any play I've performed in for years, and this is its Australian premiere, I think.)

Thread (26 posts)

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A plea or a gripe-depends where you are— Norma13 Oct 2008

Feel for you— Labrug13 Oct 2008
- Posters are usually— Walter Plinge13 Oct 2008
  - Missing the point— Labrug13 Oct 2008
I know it is irrelevant— jeffhansen13 Oct 2008
Year a must !!— Melz13 Oct 2008
A plea or a gripe— Norma13 Oct 2008
- Bill Posters is innocent!— crgwllms13 Oct 2008
There's an obvious— Na13 Oct 2008
There's an obvious.....— Norma13 Oct 2008
- I didn't miss the point. I— Na13 Oct 2008
I didn't miss the point....— Norma13 Oct 2008
Bill Posters is innocent— Norma14 Oct 2008
- After reading the point— Walter Plinge14 Oct 2008
  - Good Idea!— Taurean15 Oct 2008
    - "Arabic" is the word you— jeffhansen15 Oct 2008
    - Good Idea— Norma16 Oct 2008
      - ···
        This is a good point Norma,— JoeMc16 Oct 2008
- contradictory— Stephen W Hawking14 Oct 2008
In the meantime— Kimberley14 Oct 2008
Agreed!— Walter Plinge14 Oct 2008
- Or another idea...— Freddie Badgery14 Oct 2008
It would also cost more at— Walter Plinge14 Oct 2008
I have to say that this— Logos16 Oct 2008
I have to say this— Norma16 Oct 2008
Agree— Tari-Xalyr18 Oct 2008

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